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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Audi A4 Cabriolet Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Audi A4 Cabriolet, across 2 model years from 2008 to 2009. The 2009 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2008 (3).

Model years
2

2008–2009, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2009

4 recalls

Owner complaints
64

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 64 complaints with NHTSA about the Audi A4 Cabriolet across 4 model years; the most, 23, concern the 2007.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Audi A4 Cabriolet complaints (2%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Audi A4 Cabriolet model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 57 complaints), then the fuel/propulsion system (2).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Audi A4 Cabriolet in 2017: 23, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Audi A4 Cabriolet is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Audi A4 Cabriolet recall, 18V427000, was reported on June 22, 2018 and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module.

Audi A4 Cabriolet years to avoid

Too few Audi A4 Cabriolet model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Audi A4 Cabriolet, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20094220not ranked
20083160not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Audi A4 Cabriolet years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Audi A4 Cabriolet

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE4
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE3

Audi A4 Cabriolet model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Audi A4 Cabriolet recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Audi A4 Cabriolet, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
18V427000June 22, 2018air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2008–2009injury and death237,947
18V082000January 30, 2018air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2008–2009crash, injury and death162,782
18V004000January 4, 2018air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2009injury and death10,166
16V079000February 10, 2016air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2008–2009crash, injury and death151,767

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Audi A4 Cabriolet. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: March 17, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted